155
155
Nov 9, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 155
favorite 0
quote 0
rarely used green gmc pickup truck used to drive up votes. truck always seems to pull to the right. [ applause ] >> stephanie: say it with me elizabeth warren. >> that scott brown truck is the crawford ranch of the [ inaudible ] . >> john dan on twitter has a question, does this mean bill graham's website can now go back on youtube as a cult. >> exactly. we have had only one catholic. there was the first race everywhere there were no wasps in the top spot either. mormons should be very very proud. >> and the only protestant was president obama. >> exactly. >> stephanie: john, the important news, diane sawyer absolutely was not drunk. no one has a more exhausting work schedule than john fugelsang. >> i'm the giving tree. >> stephanie: a source close to the situation, whoever gets her wine, for anyone who thinks that diane sawyer was drunk on the air just doesn't know her. she was extremely exhausted from her work schedule. although he just posted that earlier video from the '90s where she is drink wine on set. >> i'm not allowed to make fun of
rarely used green gmc pickup truck used to drive up votes. truck always seems to pull to the right. [ applause ] >> stephanie: say it with me elizabeth warren. >> that scott brown truck is the crawford ranch of the [ inaudible ] . >> john dan on twitter has a question, does this mean bill graham's website can now go back on youtube as a cult. >> exactly. we have had only one catholic. there was the first race everywhere there were no wasps in the top spot either. mormons...
77
77
Nov 27, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 77
favorite 0
quote 0
this deal still kicks ass for us. we'll cut the living hell out of what we call entitlements, social security and medicare and medicaid. lloyd blankfein listen to what he said about so-called indictmentment. >> you'll have to lower people's expectations the entitlements and what people think they're going to get because it's not going--they're not going to get it. >> cenk: you're not going to get it. i'm going to get it. that's lloyd blankfein. this is the guy whose company took $10 billion in federal bailout and an extra $14 billion through back door bailouts of aig. in the last quarter--that's just a quarter of the year they made $8.4 billion. how much of that did the u.s. taxpayer get for bailing their ass out? none of it. we got the initial $10 billion mac. we did not get the back door bailout back. we did not get a piece of that company. finally look at his salary were last year. it will probably be higher than this year, $16.4 million. so he gets the bailouts from the government i am entitled. i have an expectat
this deal still kicks ass for us. we'll cut the living hell out of what we call entitlements, social security and medicare and medicaid. lloyd blankfein listen to what he said about so-called indictmentment. >> you'll have to lower people's expectations the entitlements and what people think they're going to get because it's not going--they're not going to get it. >> cenk: you're not going to get it. i'm going to get it. that's lloyd blankfein. this is the guy whose company took $10...
142
142
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 142
favorite 0
quote 0
you know the real america voted for us. >> i'm glad you said white people. he went on to say: >> so he's saying, he's painting the president as the rich guy here. >> cenk: and he's saying hey you know what, he won because he's black, don't worry next time we won't get a black guy it will be easier to win so it wasn't our idea. >> exactly. i think the idea that they think, these republicans, the people that work with romney think that they somehow won is really a victory for the rest of america. i think that's astonishing. >> two parts of that. they can't get it through their thick skulls what the middle class is. the median income is 50,000. people under $50,000 is the middle class because $50,000 is the middle. where as they view it as $50,000 and above are the only people that count. no wonder you lost the election. if you take half the country and piss on them like this, they're not going to vote for you. >> they keep pissing on them. former congressman from virginia goes on yesterday: >> the only thing that changes is the underclass minorities are starti
you know the real america voted for us. >> i'm glad you said white people. he went on to say: >> so he's saying, he's painting the president as the rich guy here. >> cenk: and he's saying hey you know what, he won because he's black, don't worry next time we won't get a black guy it will be easier to win so it wasn't our idea. >> exactly. i think the idea that they think, these republicans, the people that work with romney think that they somehow won is really a victory...
115
115
Nov 7, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 115
favorite 0
quote 0
good to have you with us. it's such a beautiful morning i decided to wear one of my favorite scarves. this red scarf here. it is a carol press scarf go to the website at bill press show.com and check it out. this is the number one seller, you can tell why i love it. >> bill, you look smoking hot. >> bill: you're thinking about holiday gifts there's nothing better and nothing keeping people warmer than my good carol press scarf. peter, what's happening on the world of chat room, twitter facebook. >> we are on twitter right now @bpshow asking you how you feel. value writes i'm smiling so wide that i'm wearing lipstick on my ears. never heard that before. kate ryan saying nursing one hell of a hangover this morning but nothing can take the shine off my happiness today. speaking of hank overs rum and coke party u.s.a. tweeting saying karl rove has internal polls that show romney still winning this race. >> bill: yes! karl rove and dick morris are saying no, it's not over yet. talk about having egg on your face. >>
good to have you with us. it's such a beautiful morning i decided to wear one of my favorite scarves. this red scarf here. it is a carol press scarf go to the website at bill press show.com and check it out. this is the number one seller, you can tell why i love it. >> bill, you look smoking hot. >> bill: you're thinking about holiday gifts there's nothing better and nothing keeping people warmer than my good carol press scarf. peter, what's happening on the world of chat room,...
170
170
Nov 12, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 170
favorite 0
quote 0
we grow used to it. women are indoctrinated into this feeling that they are second place citizens and men who want to get inside of those bodies get to dictate what happens to those bodies if they do. >> caller: i wouldn't dare get into a conversation about religion. it's up to them and i don't want to interfere with that. and i believe in everybody's right to do that, no matter how fundamentalist. >> amen. >> caller: but the trouble is that there are plenty of women and men who believe that women should not have these rights who aren't particularly religious. >> exactly. that's true. >> caller: who aren't particularly, you know, who don't go to church every sunday and don't, you know, belong to an evangelical congress degree allegation. >> stephanie: i think it also didn't, you know, resonate with people, they are saying small government, the best bumper sticker, government small enough to fit in my vagina. >> caller: right. that's why i think there are part of it, there are plenty, during this election
we grow used to it. women are indoctrinated into this feeling that they are second place citizens and men who want to get inside of those bodies get to dictate what happens to those bodies if they do. >> caller: i wouldn't dare get into a conversation about religion. it's up to them and i don't want to interfere with that. and i believe in everybody's right to do that, no matter how fundamentalist. >> amen. >> caller: but the trouble is that there are plenty of women and men...
398
398
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 398
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> aisha tyler joining us in just a few minutes to remind us why the president feels like cookies and freedom. >> or as one person called him bronco obama. >> stephanie: will this election never end. ah! [ baby crying ] >> stephanie: and we have actress kate walsh coming up from "gray's anatomy." >> and "private practice." >> stephanie: once again we have the hottest surrogates. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: as jacki reported -- don't have the numbers in front of me. >> 1 # 1,000. >> stephanie: oh, dream girl. oh lord -- >> i'm going to kind drive her. >> stephanie: excellent. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: the obama campaign reminds us stop looking at cats online and go vote. >> have you seen the watermelon kitty, no kitty, don't eat the rind. he is just seating a watermelon. [ laughter ] >> maybe the cat needed some fiber. >> stephanie: yes. go vote for god's sake. some helpful hints. >> okay. oh there's a twitter feed of mitt's storm feeds that is very funny. >> stephanie: if your home is in the path of sandy, evacuate to your second or third home immediately. make s
. >> aisha tyler joining us in just a few minutes to remind us why the president feels like cookies and freedom. >> or as one person called him bronco obama. >> stephanie: will this election never end. ah! [ baby crying ] >> stephanie: and we have actress kate walsh coming up from "gray's anatomy." >> and "private practice." >> stephanie: once again we have the hottest surrogates. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: as jacki reported --...
128
128
Nov 13, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 128
favorite 0
quote 0
will set us street. michael tomasky assails as always, it's great to have you here on the program. >> thanks. >> eliot: finally did we change the republicans attitude. robert reich coming up. here in our own country. >> it's an issue that ultimately effects each and every one of us. >> thats why current is stepping up. >> ... by feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >> for an entire week we'll explore hunger, malnutrition even obesity. >> ... and offer solutions. >> so join us here at current tv where together, we'll feed the needy. >> brought to you by the all new >> doge: new rules. >> eliot: we mark veteran's day with good news and bad news. the good news is our number of the day 15,000. the number of homeless veterans in mesh has dropped by that number since 2009 according to secretary of a veteran's affairs eric shinseki. back in 2009 secretary shinseki promised to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. a laudable goa
will set us street. michael tomasky assails as always, it's great to have you here on the program. >> thanks. >> eliot: finally did we change the republicans attitude. robert reich coming up. here in our own country. >> it's an issue that ultimately effects each and every one of us. >> thats why current is stepping up. >> ... by feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the...
172
172
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 172
favorite 0
quote 0
they win the rest of us lose. can we afford to make this mistake again. >> cenk: as we turn to heavy duty campaigning about president obama take our advice? you listen to him talking about these are the same old republicans. why would you make that mistake again. watch. >> obama: in the closing weeks of this campaign, governor romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly the very same policies we've been cleaning up after for the past four years and he is offering them up as change! giving more power back to the biggest banks isn't change. leaving millions without health insurance isn't change! another $5 trillion tax cult that favors the wealthy isn't change. >> cenk: president obama's campaign team, you're welcome. all right now we're going to bring in michael shure our political correspondent. i understand that we in the midst of all this campaigning do not have campaigning in some places. what are they and why? >> there are reasons he
they win the rest of us lose. can we afford to make this mistake again. >> cenk: as we turn to heavy duty campaigning about president obama take our advice? you listen to him talking about these are the same old republicans. why would you make that mistake again. watch. >> obama: in the closing weeks of this campaign, governor romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly the very same policies we've been...
174
174
Nov 13, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 174
favorite 0
quote 0
thank you for joining us. how did the republicans losososososososososososososososososososososososososososososososos >> eliot: tax hikes on the highest incomes do not kill jobs. the evidence is in, our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> eliot: if last week was all about politics, and thankfully things turned oh out pretty well maybe this week we can put ideology and partisanship aside for a moment and apply a more objective scientific approach oh some of the tough issues we face. what do historical records and data suggest might be the better course for our nation to follow? specifically cha is the impact of increasing the top marginal tax rate on the rate of investment and job creation? if numbers could persuade me that raising that rate injured job creation, i would reconsider my belief that wealthy should pay more. but on the
thank you for joining us. how did the republicans losososososososososososososososososososososososososososososososos >> eliot: tax hikes on the highest incomes do not kill jobs. the evidence is in, our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> eliot: if last week was all about...
160
160
Nov 9, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 160
favorite 0
quote 0
for instance, two states right now have legalized marijuana for recreational use. three more legalized gay marriage. that's a big deal. >> bill: we're on the march. i never thought we'd see that in the war on drugs. they're going to lose on that. and they lost on gay marriage. they're losing on everything, michael. what they do, what do rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly do, say go left? >> sean hannity today said that the republicans and he especially has now rethought his position on immigration. [ laughter ] >> bill: a coincidence, i'm sure. >> i'm sure if mitt romney had won in overwhelming numbers he'd be saying the exact same thing. >> that's an instant buckle. they're going to get their taxes, all that stuff but lose on some issues, like latinos it's done. >> if you talk about latinos and blacks obama won 73% of the asian vote. that was history reliably republican. that says a lot. >> bill: let me play you a clip. these are the guys who say no, we got them on the run. >> president obama's reelection is a did he have tating blow, but it's not a decisive defeat.
for instance, two states right now have legalized marijuana for recreational use. three more legalized gay marriage. that's a big deal. >> bill: we're on the march. i never thought we'd see that in the war on drugs. they're going to lose on that. and they lost on gay marriage. they're losing on everything, michael. what they do, what do rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly do, say go left? >> sean hannity today said that the republicans and he especially has now rethought his position on...
119
119
Nov 9, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 119
favorite 0
quote 0
professor, thank you for joining us. >> nice to be here. thanks. >> eliot: there has been a dramatic shift in civil rights in particular as it pertains to same-sex marriage. there are a couple of cases before the supreme court this year on that issue. what will the supreme court do? will they find a constitutional right to same-sex marriage or find a more limited constitutional prohibition on discrimination against same-sex couples? >> well, they haven't yet agreed to take a case from california and they could just let things lie in which case a lower court ruling would stand that generates same-sex marriage for california on a very narrow theory that because california at one point has same-sex marriage, you can't take it back. that's unfair to take it back once you've done it. and if they just leave things be then they've got california basically on the same side as now nine other states. the six that we had before basically from new england and iowa. that's connecticut and new york and massachusetts and vermont new hampshire and iowa. th
professor, thank you for joining us. >> nice to be here. thanks. >> eliot: there has been a dramatic shift in civil rights in particular as it pertains to same-sex marriage. there are a couple of cases before the supreme court this year on that issue. what will the supreme court do? will they find a constitutional right to same-sex marriage or find a more limited constitutional prohibition on discrimination against same-sex couples? >> well, they haven't yet agreed to take a...
236
236
Nov 1, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 236
favorite 0
quote 0
give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter at bp show. go to facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow or go to our chat room. current.com, click on the chat room. you're in to talk about the issues with your fellow progressives across the land. and today i mean you're -- your lucky day. you get chris kofinis. >> wow! >> bill: the greek god himself. >> very small sample of god -- >> bill: greece is known for having a lot of things. >> right now greece is known for not being able to do math. we created math. we just wanted to be able to follow through on it. we had a good run. first through centuries was good. >> bill: i think the arabs created math. >> hey, let's not get crazy. i'll get my dad on this phone right now. >> bill: peter ogborn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> with cyprian bowlding our videographer gets the big wave. we don't let him talk. so joe biden uncle joe. >> uncle joe. i have a couple of uncles like joe. >> bill: let joe be joe. i think he is at his best when he's just -- they let biden be biden. he was out yesterday on the campaign tr
give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter at bp show. go to facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow or go to our chat room. current.com, click on the chat room. you're in to talk about the issues with your fellow progressives across the land. and today i mean you're -- your lucky day. you get chris kofinis. >> wow! >> bill: the greek god himself. >> very small sample of god -- >> bill: greece is known for having a lot of things. >> right now greece is...
165
165
Nov 3, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 165
favorite 0
quote 0
like they used alcohol and like they used cigarettes. however, the vast majority of people who use marijuana never go on to use cocaine and never go on to use marijuana. it's like worrying about motorcycle riding because discouraging bicycle riding. >> we're getting close to 50% of americans supporting this. >> there are three pieces of evidence. we've seen support for legalizing marijuana going from 36% years ago to 50% today. and the opposition dropped by the same amount. if you line up support for gay marriage and legalizing marriage it's the same tipping point. you see this problem of over- over-incarceration. you have many say enough already already. we need to redirect resources. we don't have the money. thirdly, you have not just former presidents but current presidents in guatemala and the president of uruguay said let's legalize marijuana there and it's begin to memorialate to people in the united states and washington. >> i remember having a conversation with president calderÓn in mexico city, an interesting private conversati
like they used alcohol and like they used cigarettes. however, the vast majority of people who use marijuana never go on to use cocaine and never go on to use marijuana. it's like worrying about motorcycle riding because discouraging bicycle riding. >> we're getting close to 50% of americans supporting this. >> there are three pieces of evidence. we've seen support for legalizing marijuana going from 36% years ago to 50% today. and the opposition dropped by the same amount. if you...
168
168
Nov 9, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 0
us. we'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l and entertainment weekly on news stands now. thanks for coming on the show. good night everybody. >> w welcome to the "young turks." it's the second day after the election and we're still having fun. karl rove flushed that money down the toilet, now they're goal at him big time. this one big ad run by the democrats apparently had more effect than that entirely amount of money. >> romney shut down our plant. turns out that when we built that stage, it was like building my own coffin. >> i still love that ad. then rove comes up with the world's lamest excuse. >> they cut their winning percentage by over romney by about two thirds, but the president -- he succeeded by suppressing the vote. >> wait, wait, wait, obama suppressed the vote? obama suppressed the vote! you're a stitch, karl. and we continue to rub it in the faces about how wrong they were. >> obviously i think with the election results last night, do you want to of
us. we'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l and entertainment weekly on news stands now. thanks for coming on the show. good night everybody. >> w welcome to the "young turks." it's the second day after the election and we're still having fun. karl rove flushed that money down the toilet, now they're goal at him big time. this one big ad run by the democrats apparently had more effect than that entirely amount of money. >> romney shut down our plant....
99
99
Nov 12, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
the fbi was using it. hoover was using it to blackmail people. is this really what the fbi -- what we want the fbi doing? don't they have more important things they ought to be doing? than people's sex lives? come on. number one. i don't know why the fbi's involved. number two, i don't know why petraeus felt that he had to resign. he wasn't forced out. he offered ois his ignore -- he offered his resignation. as a country we put sex and human frailty up and put too much importance on it. there's no reason, i believe for david petraeus to have to resign. david vitter is still in the united states senate. newt gingrich ran for president. he's a serial adulter. i'm not saying it's right. i'm saying this one affair and petraeus, we could not accept petraeus as the c.i.a. director? was he a good general? yeah, he was a great general. did he do a good job in iraq? he did a great job at iraq. was was he doing a good job at the c.i.a.? yes. end of story. we place too much importance on this. it just seems to me as americans we were still living in the vic
the fbi was using it. hoover was using it to blackmail people. is this really what the fbi -- what we want the fbi doing? don't they have more important things they ought to be doing? than people's sex lives? come on. number one. i don't know why the fbi's involved. number two, i don't know why petraeus felt that he had to resign. he wasn't forced out. he offered ois his ignore -- he offered his resignation. as a country we put sex and human frailty up and put too much importance on it. there's...
142
142
Nov 6, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 142
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> i'm buffing the big plastic table for us. >> stephanie: shine that up for us. >> i am, i'm windexing that puppy. >> stephanie: i'm feeling happy clappy, how are you? >> i feel good. once you personally vote, i'll feel better. >> stephanie: once i have my sticker all will be right for the world. i'll be wearing my sticker and nothing else for the show today because i need to win the tart-off. >> can we get you two stickers? >> mitt and ann romney have voted. romney says he feels very, very good about his chances overall and great about ohio. he is now taking off for cleveland and pittsburgh. plenty of resources on line if you're still not entirely sure where you can vote today and when. one of the easiest and most fun is the google doodle. the company changes its logo for special occasions. click on a ballot, it takes you to a page to enter your address to find your polling place. the wall street currently has a site called what time do the polls close.com and has the opening times for all 50 states and washington d.c. voting is easier in some states than others, both for procedural r
. >> i'm buffing the big plastic table for us. >> stephanie: shine that up for us. >> i am, i'm windexing that puppy. >> stephanie: i'm feeling happy clappy, how are you? >> i feel good. once you personally vote, i'll feel better. >> stephanie: once i have my sticker all will be right for the world. i'll be wearing my sticker and nothing else for the show today because i need to win the tart-off. >> can we get you two stickers? >> mitt and ann...
341
341
Nov 13, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 341
favorite 0
quote 1
it's only going to help us. the court cannot live in a world where it's non-constitutional in the northeast and constitutional everywhere else. with more states allowing same-sex marriage more people are adversely affected by doma. it becomes much more urgent to get an the supreme court it acknowledge same-sex marriage in america. it's just a crazy quilt. it's legal in this state but because of doma you don't have certain rights. it's a legal mess, and it has got to be solved at the supreme court. >>> 46 minutes after the hour. >> not a hot tranny mess. >> definitely not a hot tranny mess. >> stephanie: now check out the advice on facebook. >> this is all very strange. >> i agree. something is not right. >> it's "the stephanie miller show." (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. that is a whole bunch of bunk. the powerful may steal an election, but they ca
it's only going to help us. the court cannot live in a world where it's non-constitutional in the northeast and constitutional everywhere else. with more states allowing same-sex marriage more people are adversely affected by doma. it becomes much more urgent to get an the supreme court it acknowledge same-sex marriage in america. it's just a crazy quilt. it's legal in this state but because of doma you don't have certain rights. it's a legal mess, and it has got to be solved at the supreme...
155
155
Nov 8, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 155
favorite 0
quote 0
give us a call at 1-866-55-press. join us on twitter at bpshow. facebook facebook.com -- i mean -- facebook.com/billpress show. i got it right. we've got the whole team here this morning assembled. glad you're with us and very happy to welcome back to the studio, good friend of the program, worked his butt off during this election campaign -- and still am. >> bill: oh, no. major gar fret "national journal." >> i'm wearing the beleaguered garb of a writer who is on debt line. i have the cover story to file by 11:00 eastern and i've been up since 4:30 this morning. that's why i'm dressed a bit informally and yes it is not a good hair day, ladies and gentlemen. i will concede that openly. [ laughter ] >> bill: you start keeping those hours and you're really a member of the full court staff here. >> major starts drifting off and tapping away at the computer, you know he's working on his keys. >> indeed i am. >> bill: with peter ogborn and dan henning and cyprian bowlding our videographer, phil backert has the phones this morning. hello. >> good mornin
give us a call at 1-866-55-press. join us on twitter at bpshow. facebook facebook.com -- i mean -- facebook.com/billpress show. i got it right. we've got the whole team here this morning assembled. glad you're with us and very happy to welcome back to the studio, good friend of the program, worked his butt off during this election campaign -- and still am. >> bill: oh, no. major gar fret "national journal." >> i'm wearing the beleaguered garb of a writer who is on debt...
168
168
Nov 1, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 0
thanks for joining us. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," can you feel that? that subtle change in attitude? it's called a momentum shift. >> obama: governor christie throughout this process has been responsive and aggressive and i just want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his compassion for the people of our state. >> jennifer: that's called political euphoria occurring when state, local, and federal officials of both parties work together to do what is in the best interests of the people. let's hope it is contagious. [♪ theme music ♪] >> jennifer: today is a great day to be a democrat, and progressive. it is going to be a great night in "the war room" all of you political junkies. sit back and get ready for some political euphoria. there are a whole batch of swing-state polls out today and the president is up in the vast majority. the president now has a five-point lead in ohio. we're going to turn ohio blue and you just keep watching these numbers up
thanks for joining us. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," can you feel that? that subtle change in attitude? it's called a momentum shift. >> obama: governor christie throughout this process has been responsive and aggressive and i just want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his compassion for the people of our state. >> jennifer: that's called political euphoria occurring when...
310
310
Nov 7, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 310
favorite 0
quote 0
i use the phrase optimistic today. how are things in the obama camp. >> i think there is a bounce for the obama camp officials. they seem to like the numbers they have seen so far. they've seen turnout in virginia and new hampshire that is higher than 2008. so that would be very good news for the obama campaign. but we mentioned some of the problems and michael referred to some of the problems in philadelphia. here to talk us through some of that is melanie, a spokesperson for the democratic national committee. i under that the dnc filed a lawsuit in philadelphia and then with grew it. what's going on. >> we're encouraged by their decision to print additional paper ballots and remember them to 200 polling places in phil fillphiladelphia. we were prepared to take action there. we withdrew the action. we didn't have to do it. our goal is to make sure that every who shows up and wants to vote is able to do so. it looks like that is going to happen. >> a lot of problems in philadelphia because of the chaos, confusion peopl
i use the phrase optimistic today. how are things in the obama camp. >> i think there is a bounce for the obama camp officials. they seem to like the numbers they have seen so far. they've seen turnout in virginia and new hampshire that is higher than 2008. so that would be very good news for the obama campaign. but we mentioned some of the problems and michael referred to some of the problems in philadelphia. here to talk us through some of that is melanie, a spokesperson for the...
157
157
Nov 3, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 157
favorite 0
quote 0
let us know if there is gmo in our food. what are the health effects of this genetically modified stuff. what is the science on that? how much data do we have that we can rely upon, we can't rely upon those who are marketing their own products. >> that is exactly the problem. the patent holders for these genetically modified crops they own these crops as i say they've been patented as uniquely theirs. the u.s. government does not require independent safety analysis for these crops to be approved. as you know perfectly well in washington where now $600 million has been sent by bio tech to lobby regulatory, to narrow the aperture for regulatory approval, it has basically been an industry-driven proposition. there have only been a couple of independent studies. one came out this summer, a peer review in france that smuggled genetically produced corn seed out of canada, and it was scary. i'm not arguing because of this city we have a problem. the reality is we need research, and while we're waiting for that, citizens have a righ
let us know if there is gmo in our food. what are the health effects of this genetically modified stuff. what is the science on that? how much data do we have that we can rely upon, we can't rely upon those who are marketing their own products. >> that is exactly the problem. the patent holders for these genetically modified crops they own these crops as i say they've been patented as uniquely theirs. the u.s. government does not require independent safety analysis for these crops to be...
167
167
Nov 6, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 167
favorite 0
quote 0
they want us to be aggressive in that area. i think there is a lot of concern about education, and the fact that there millions of young people paying to go to college and they want government to be there as well to make sure we have the best-educated worse forceworkforce in the world in this economy. what the right wing has been successful about is to suggest that their extreme ideology is what america wants. it doesn't. i think this is true in 50 states in this country. it makes sense to give huge task breaks to millionaires and billionaires who are already doing well, and then to cut back on work families? to answer your question, i think the american people understand especially amidst this recession that government is there to protect us and we all maintain a minimummal standard of living. >> the president led us back from this great recession the cataclysm of 2008 and then hurricane sandy, the republicans whined and said it distracted from mitt romney's momentum at the end. it didn't distract. it seemed to me that it beca
they want us to be aggressive in that area. i think there is a lot of concern about education, and the fact that there millions of young people paying to go to college and they want government to be there as well to make sure we have the best-educated worse forceworkforce in the world in this economy. what the right wing has been successful about is to suggest that their extreme ideology is what america wants. it doesn't. i think this is true in 50 states in this country. it makes sense to give...
195
195
Nov 8, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 195
favorite 0
quote 0
you can't use human props. people aren't stupid. >> and then rush is like maybe we give them amnesty. >> yeah. that's the way to build a coalition, rush. >> stephanie: the president truly does stuff because he believes it is the right thing. the only reason now i think we might get comprehensive immigration reform is because they think there is something in it politically. >> and there is not. maybe a handful will benefit at the state level, but when you see how far down they have gone with the hispanic vote. i think that's more than just solved by one legislative action even if it does -- you know solve the problem. >> stephanie: i heard a lot latinos interviewed and part of the problem is the way they speak about latinos. can we stop calling them illegals? they are human beings. and there are a large amount of people that know somebody that loves somebody that may be here that are undocumented. it's the way they talk about them. >> yeah like they are not human beings. >> yeah. yeah. >> if you think about it i
you can't use human props. people aren't stupid. >> and then rush is like maybe we give them amnesty. >> yeah. that's the way to build a coalition, rush. >> stephanie: the president truly does stuff because he believes it is the right thing. the only reason now i think we might get comprehensive immigration reform is because they think there is something in it politically. >> and there is not. maybe a handful will benefit at the state level, but when you see how far down...
190
190
Nov 1, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 190
favorite 0
quote 0
most of us don't. and the 9% of us who answer the phone are perfectly representative of the 89% of us -- >> stephanie: i don't answer the phone, because i had very unfortunate yeast and -- >> oh, my god. you just opened -- >> stephanie: my former choice -- >> leave the house. >> oh, my god. >> crazy in the head. [ sighs ] >> stephanie: jacki? >> yes love. >> stephanie: did you hear about the latest rapy republican? >> oh boy. >> stephanie: john costar running for congressman in washington state, the rape thing -- he called it the rape thing, twice. did not justify a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. incest is so well, but the rape thing, i knew a woman who carried the child and then gave it up for abortion, but the rape thing -- >> it's artificial rape flavor. >> it's a little rapish. >> stephanie: how is putting more violence on to a woman's body and taking the life of an innocent child -- how does that make it better? >> how many republican men and how many women have commented on this -- what
most of us don't. and the 9% of us who answer the phone are perfectly representative of the 89% of us -- >> stephanie: i don't answer the phone, because i had very unfortunate yeast and -- >> oh, my god. you just opened -- >> stephanie: my former choice -- >> leave the house. >> oh, my god. >> crazy in the head. [ sighs ] >> stephanie: jacki? >> yes love. >> stephanie: did you hear about the latest rapy republican? >> oh boy. >>...
150
150
Nov 17, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
thank you so much for joining us. >> oh, thank you for having me. >> all right. great news from the occupy movement. how is that fora a great gift from for the holidays. ay pro-life life republican. how many aboargsess has he participated in. >> i'm the pro-life republican doctor. the >> all right, we're back. a couple of colorful republicans she wants to tell us about. >> my favorite family values congressman scott day jar lay his sex scandia continues to unravel. he is against abortion except he knocked up his mist rises/patient and urnled her to get an abortion. back in 2000 he was testifying during his divorce proceedings and information emerged about some other woman he was encouraging to get abortions. >> turns out the republican who ran on an anti-abortion platform testified he and his former wife made a mutual decision to have two abortions. that information from the transcripts of the doctor's divorce proceedings. during his campaign it came out a former patient said he got her pregnant and he scwed her to get -- he asked her to give an abortion. >> he g
thank you so much for joining us. >> oh, thank you for having me. >> all right. great news from the occupy movement. how is that fora a great gift from for the holidays. ay pro-life life republican. how many aboargsess has he participated in. >> i'm the pro-life republican doctor. the >> all right, we're back. a couple of colorful republicans she wants to tell us about. >> my favorite family values congressman scott day jar lay his sex scandia continues to unravel....
146
146
Nov 6, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 146
favorite 0
quote 0
again, give us a call. tweet us or go on facebook.com. to join us, to look at the political landscape this first half hour, david catanese is political reporter with politico. good to see you. >> happy election day. >> bill: you've got it covered. >> absolutely. >> bill: we'll talk about the president, senate, house races. our team is here. peter ogborn, dan henning. >> we didn't get the day off to go vote, huh? i'm kidding. we're getting out of here a little early. >> bill: you're done in another hour. you have the whole day. >> i'm kidding. >> bill: until 1:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> i'll be there if i have to. >> bill: take a sandwich. >> bill: cyprian bowlding, our videographer. phil backert has the phones covered. it is also a day to look back and before we get into -- this primary has been -- >> think progress went through and collected for us some of the highlights of this election 2012. who will ever forget newt gingrich's -- the most important plank in his platform? >> we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it wi
again, give us a call. tweet us or go on facebook.com. to join us, to look at the political landscape this first half hour, david catanese is political reporter with politico. good to see you. >> happy election day. >> bill: you've got it covered. >> absolutely. >> bill: we'll talk about the president, senate, house races. our team is here. peter ogborn, dan henning. >> we didn't get the day off to go vote, huh? i'm kidding. we're getting out of here a little...
150
150
Nov 15, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. i've been a nurse since 1979. i love being a nurse. a few years ago a friend i went to grade school with showed me a book she had kept from third grade. i had written that i wanted to be a nurse. after being a nurse for about twenty years i decided that i need to further my education. my masters degree was done completely online and that gave me the freedom and ability to do my education while i raised my kids and worked full time. raising my kids as a single mom and having them see me get my education online and work full-time has given them the opportunity to see that they can do anything that they want to. i'm currently the hospital administrator for two public hospitals. we serve patients who might not otherwise get care. i teach an online nursing program. i feel that i'm giving back something to the nurses that are attempting to get their bachelors degree like i did. doing online ed
stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. i've been a nurse since 1979. i love being a nurse. a few years ago a friend i went to grade school with showed me a book she had kept from third grade. i had written that i wanted to be a nurse. after being a nurse for about twenty years i decided that i need to further my education. my masters degree was done completely online and that gave me the freedom and ability to do my...
454
454
Nov 15, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 454
favorite 0
quote 1
that's what the left used to call him. now he was put up to head up the c.i.a. really? of course, they have a pressure point, and now he's being discredited. this whole scandal is doing what? how is your opinion of the military? the last standing institution in america. >> so obama is using jill kelley to bring down the military. >> stephanie: he's trying to down size america. >> he was hanging out with angela lance bury when as glenn beck has shown us in previous chalkboard lessons. >> benghazi sounds like nazi. >> see, it's so clear. >> stephanie: here is a little hate radio fun fact for you. in my san francisco station? they replaced me with glenn glenn beck beck. >> eric: i thought we got rid of glenn beck. this guy was gone, down the toilet. but you know-- >> stephanie: apparently people don't want to listen to that as entertaining as that was as apparently the president controls everything including general petraeus' penis. [ buzzer ] >> they went off the deepened yesterday. >> stephanie: okey-dokey, eric you just state there as we come back with more right-wing w
that's what the left used to call him. now he was put up to head up the c.i.a. really? of course, they have a pressure point, and now he's being discredited. this whole scandal is doing what? how is your opinion of the military? the last standing institution in america. >> so obama is using jill kelley to bring down the military. >> stephanie: he's trying to down size america. >> he was hanging out with angela lance bury when as glenn beck has shown us in previous chalkboard...
153
153
Nov 1, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 153
favorite 0
quote 1
if anybody is out there thinking of us, say your prayers for us. that's what you can do. >> at a con ed power plant a spark, a transformer explosion and a massive fireball. [ explosion ] >> what's going on? what the hell is this! [ yelling ] >> this is an area that experienced severe damage. it looks like a doll house. literally the front of this chelsey building ripped right off. mayor bloomberg said, in fact the crane structures at all these sites have been examined. they had been tied down. they should be safe given what we know about the winds, but as you report, 90 mph for these winds, there are big concerns for construction sites like that as well. >> more breaking news, look at these pictures with me. this is a partial crane collapse in new york city. >> workers are taking down the board that was supposed to keep water out of subway stations and loading sandbags back on the trucks. >> the mta last night faced a disaster more than they have faced in this century. >> everything covered in sludge. >> falling trees crashing on to roads and into
if anybody is out there thinking of us, say your prayers for us. that's what you can do. >> at a con ed power plant a spark, a transformer explosion and a massive fireball. [ explosion ] >> what's going on? what the hell is this! [ yelling ] >> this is an area that experienced severe damage. it looks like a doll house. literally the front of this chelsey building ripped right off. mayor bloomberg said, in fact the crane structures at all these sites have been examined. they...
159
159
Nov 17, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 159
favorite 0
quote 0
thank you so much for joining us. >> oh, thank you for having me. >> all right. great news from the occupy movement. how is that fora a great gift from for the holidays. ay pro-life life republican. how many aboargsess has he participated in. >> i'm the pro-life republican [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent crab entrees all under 20 dollars. like a half-pound of tender snow crab paired with savory grilled shrimp, just 12.99. or our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake. [ forsythe ] if i wouldn't put it on my table at home, i wouldn't bring it in. my name's jon forsythe and i sea food differently. (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. >> all right we're back. a couple of colorful republicans she wants to tell us about. >> my favorite family values congressman scott day ja
thank you so much for joining us. >> oh, thank you for having me. >> all right. great news from the occupy movement. how is that fora a great gift from for the holidays. ay pro-life life republican. how many aboargsess has he participated in. >> i'm the pro-life republican [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announcer ] hurry in to red...
360
360
Nov 5, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 360
favorite 0
quote 0
stay with us. (vo) this tuesday, current tv presents special election coverage, with unrivaled social media, straight from the campaigns, the pundits, and from viewers like you. with exclusive analysis and commentary from al gore, someone who knows a thing or two about close elections. >> overall, it was a clear win. >> now that's politically direct. >> so keep on tweeting and maybe you'll have your voice be part of this democracy and see your tweets up on our screen. ♪ ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ ♪ and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients from nature valley. ♪ ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars nature at its most delicious. what we need are people pre
stay with us. (vo) this tuesday, current tv presents special election coverage, with unrivaled social media, straight from the campaigns, the pundits, and from viewers like you. with exclusive analysis and commentary from al gore, someone who knows a thing or two about close elections. >> overall, it was a clear win. >> now that's politically direct. >> so keep on tweeting and maybe you'll have your voice be part of this democracy and see your tweets up on our screen. ♪ ♪...
210
210
Nov 9, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 210
favorite 0
quote 0
but it's personal to us. it's only a question of how long ago many of our families came into the united states. many of us were here before the united states. so it really is a continuum, so we can still relate to the newly arrived immigrant. and there are so many of us throughout, as i say kind of a continuum of the length of time we have been in this country. when you have arizona, and those kind of laws and the extreme rhetoric of the tea party, it does filter across all latino communities. you can't have kids chanting usa, usa, usa, arizona, when five citizen latino kids take the basketball court in two different cities in texas unless something bad is happening out there. so something has to stop. >> congressman i want to ask two questions going forward about the republicans. you are already hearing some of them. i read that republicans should embrace, immigration reform amnesty, learn to say the word. so my questions are what do you think the prospects are of the republican party coming to that position
but it's personal to us. it's only a question of how long ago many of our families came into the united states. many of us were here before the united states. so it really is a continuum, so we can still relate to the newly arrived immigrant. and there are so many of us throughout, as i say kind of a continuum of the length of time we have been in this country. when you have arizona, and those kind of laws and the extreme rhetoric of the tea party, it does filter across all latino communities....
236
236
Nov 6, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 236
favorite 0
quote 0
he talked to us. he was saying things like i take some from romney, i take some from obama i think gary johnson takes votes away from mitt romney in large part. i also think in the state of virginia-- >> really. >> i really do. >> cenk: i want to ask you about virginia too. for instance, in colorado where they have the pot ballot initiative, that's polling really well, but gary johnson is more in favor of legalizing drugs, he's in favor of legalizing marijuana and president obama isn't. he might take more away from obama in colorado, where in virginia he'll take more from romney, do you see what i am saying? >> of course, but the assumption that someone who votes in legalizing marijuana and will say president obama or i want mitt romney, i'm in favor of that unlikely. what you said in virginia does have virgil goode. he'll take exclusively from mitt romney. and in 2008 there were over 40,000 votes cast for independent candidates in virginia. it didn't matter because john mccain was beaten soundlyly by
he talked to us. he was saying things like i take some from romney, i take some from obama i think gary johnson takes votes away from mitt romney in large part. i also think in the state of virginia-- >> really. >> i really do. >> cenk: i want to ask you about virginia too. for instance, in colorado where they have the pot ballot initiative, that's polling really well, but gary johnson is more in favor of legalizing drugs, he's in favor of legalizing marijuana and president...
112
112
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 112
favorite 0
quote 0
find us there. give us your hash tag. my2k. we'll retweet it and share it with our viewers and listeners. l camp says my 2k helps us pay for our son's preschool. gayle says it keeps a roof over my head for two months. it is more than a year of electric bills. someone came to you and said -- >> bill: put that in perspective. >> boom. you have to find a way to pay for your electric bills from now on. >> bill: what john boehner is saying is screw you! you find some other way to pay for your electric bill. find some other way to pay two months rent. find some other way to fund your i.r.a. that's exactly what they're saying. they don't care about the middle class. >> dave farkas on twitter says if i get to keep my 2k, i would give it to a billionaire so he could pay his taxes. >> bill: that's all he would be paying. lennie chiming in from kenosha wisconsin. how are you? >> caller: good. how you doing? >> bill: good. what's it all mean to you my2k? >> caller: i had mentioned that i would like to buy all of my christmas presents with
find us there. give us your hash tag. my2k. we'll retweet it and share it with our viewers and listeners. l camp says my 2k helps us pay for our son's preschool. gayle says it keeps a roof over my head for two months. it is more than a year of electric bills. someone came to you and said -- >> bill: put that in perspective. >> boom. you have to find a way to pay for your electric bills from now on. >> bill: what john boehner is saying is screw you! you find some other way to...
237
237
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 237
favorite 0
quote 0
you can email us all there. thank you, jacki schechner by the way for fact checking something that has been driving me crazy. that mitt romney keeps saying 23 million americans are out of work. it's 12 million. >> isn't he supposed to be the business money math guy. >> stephanie: yeah. >> and the new jobs number is out today, and he is like that means the economy is at a stand still. >> it seems like he counted the people who were never looking for work or in the work force to begin with. >> stephanie: he tells so many lies it is hard to keep fact checking him. >> it is kind of like they have given up because they can't keep up. >> stephanie: yeah. there he is again 23 million. >> it makes me want to chug a whole bottle of vit-a-imta-vej-amin. >> yeah. >> stephanie: andrea writes steph, awesome show in new york city. [ inaudible ] losing their [ censor bleep ] when they came out. somebody showed me their boobs immediately when i came out. >> did you get a date out of that? >> stephanie: no but it was a nice rack
you can email us all there. thank you, jacki schechner by the way for fact checking something that has been driving me crazy. that mitt romney keeps saying 23 million americans are out of work. it's 12 million. >> isn't he supposed to be the business money math guy. >> stephanie: yeah. >> and the new jobs number is out today, and he is like that means the economy is at a stand still. >> it seems like he counted the people who were never looking for work or in the work...
132
132
Nov 16, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 132
favorite 0
quote 0
we're decent human beings, most of us are don't want them to die in the streets. guys working but not making a lot of money get caught in the middle. what happens if you can't pay the $6,000 bill. you can go to the emergency room but if you get cancer, you don't go to the emergency room. what happens is you die. now that's not an exaggeration. we're talking about health care. that's reality. if you don't get treatment if you have cancer and many other kinds of diseases that you can't solve in the emergency room, you die. that is the nature of human beings. so when john metz and other employers say well i don't want to pay it, what he's really saying is i'm going to put the cost on the people i know can't pay it and if it turns out they get sickness and die from it, i don't really care. that's their problem. take it away from the tip. so understand the real choices that we're making at americans. that's the reality that's why they passed that health care allow in the first place. >> when we come back, we're going to talk about a different health care issue which is
we're decent human beings, most of us are don't want them to die in the streets. guys working but not making a lot of money get caught in the middle. what happens if you can't pay the $6,000 bill. you can go to the emergency room but if you get cancer, you don't go to the emergency room. what happens is you die. now that's not an exaggeration. we're talking about health care. that's reality. if you don't get treatment if you have cancer and many other kinds of diseases that you can't solve in...
281
281
Nov 20, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 281
favorite 0
quote 0
joining us here in "the war room." hope you have a great night, and we'll see you tomorrow night. ♪ see you here tomorrow. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening, i'm eliot spitzer, and this is "viewpoint." the six day air war between israel and hamas terrorist and gaza continued unabated while diplomat i canic talks continue in egypt, israel's leaders are preparing to take what they call operation pillar and defense. theyprominent netanyahuprime minister netanyahu and his cabinet deciding what to do. they said if israel was going to invade gaza, they would have done so already. after israel killed hamas' military commander in airstrike three israeli civilians have been killed and 70 wounded missile strikes that reached as far as tel aviv, 50 miles from gaza's northern border. but israel's iron dome defense system has knocked down hundreds of palestinian missiles, limiting casualties and damage. they have launched 1300 airstrikes against targets in gaza. 106 palestinians have been killed in the fighting. hosp
joining us here in "the war room." hope you have a great night, and we'll see you tomorrow night. ♪ see you here tomorrow. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening, i'm eliot spitzer, and this is "viewpoint." the six day air war between israel and hamas terrorist and gaza continued unabated while diplomat i canic talks continue in egypt, israel's leaders are preparing to take what they call operation pillar and defense. theyprominent netanyahuprime minister...
167
167
Nov 20, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 167
favorite 0
quote 0
a few of us will return. he was assailed at home for what didn't happen is it was not embraced at all in israel. the president of israel said this is extraordinary netanyahu netanyahu-- >> eliot: i for one could never understand what his game plan was. i want to switch gears and understand what role egypt is playing in this. how do you understand what mohammed morsi is doing. is he trying to thread a more sophisticated needle and maintain egypt somewhat in the role of intermediary. >> absolutely. and he's trying to show off his domestic base. they are threatening him so he doesn't want to see this radicalization. there is enormous anger in egypt what is going on in gaza, you he's trying to preserve his base, preserve his relationship with egypt, assert his new role in the region. that's why he sent his prime minister to gaza. you're seeing more foreign dignitaryies visit gaza than has in the last four years. >> eliot: is there anything that he could really do? >> it's really striking that obama has taken the
a few of us will return. he was assailed at home for what didn't happen is it was not embraced at all in israel. the president of israel said this is extraordinary netanyahu netanyahu-- >> eliot: i for one could never understand what his game plan was. i want to switch gears and understand what role egypt is playing in this. how do you understand what mohammed morsi is doing. is he trying to thread a more sophisticated needle and maintain egypt somewhat in the role of intermediary....
182
182
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 182
favorite 0
quote 0
will he use it? he's got the power. will he use it to get done what we've got to get done in this next four years? and will he use it to pound these republicans into coming on a sensible deal on the fiscal cliff? got the power. use it or lose it. >> this is the full court press, "the bill press show," live on your radio, and on current tv. [ music ] that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. we've got to get done in this current tv.smocks [ music ] [ music ] >> this is "the bill press show" >> bill: here we go 26 minutes after the hour on a friday, friday, november 30th. my latest column is about this susan rice nonsense. heading my column is: what did susan rice know? and when did she know it? check out the column at billpressshow.com. we are talking about president obama won this election overwhelmingly when everybody said he didn't have a chance getting re
will he use it? he's got the power. will he use it to get done what we've got to get done in this next four years? and will he use it to pound these republicans into coming on a sensible deal on the fiscal cliff? got the power. use it or lose it. >> this is the full court press, "the bill press show," live on your radio, and on current tv. [ music ] that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience...
136
136
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 136
favorite 0
quote 0
it comes to us from adp research. the day before the official job data arrives from the bureau of labor statistics. it is our number of the day. 158,000. i'll be talking about this tomorrow in more depth with robert reich but in short this is an adequate number but not great. we need about 150,000 new jobs each month just to accommodate new job seekers and population growth. this is basically where we've been. we've now averaged 147,000 new jobs a month this year and 153,000 new jobs a month last year. so this marks two years of steady positive job creation since the recession bottomed out. of course, these monthly numbers always set off a deafening roar of spin and shatter. we'll hear republicans say that well, this just isn't enough. and they're right. we've already seen where their trickle down policies have led us, to the cataclysm of 2008. we're now seeing the fruits of smart policies, (vo) this election, there's a new sheriff in town, and she's going to cut through the noise. wanda sykes will be keeping it simpl
it comes to us from adp research. the day before the official job data arrives from the bureau of labor statistics. it is our number of the day. 158,000. i'll be talking about this tomorrow in more depth with robert reich but in short this is an adequate number but not great. we need about 150,000 new jobs each month just to accommodate new job seekers and population growth. this is basically where we've been. we've now averaged 147,000 new jobs a month this year and 153,000 new jobs a month...
117
117
Nov 1, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 117
favorite 0
quote 0
why are you demonizing us. we need someone who believes in america. >> cenk: you see, that was the whole point. no one was demonizing anybody. president obama was saying we work together to build things, and sometimes to rebuild things. and that is in fact exactly what happens after storms. after hurricane katrina it was $113 billion of federal money that went down there to rebuild that area. there is a ratio that the government spends arch these disasters. it's 75% after the state and local governments have spent 25%. that's a disaster aid formula that has been around for a long time. there is another ratio where the federal government spends 90% and the state only spends 10%. how in the world are they going to rebuild that after the federal government. it all works together. it doesn't mean that you only need federal government and you don't neat local contractors or governors or mayors, of course not. that's a ridiculous and extreme comments that only republicans would make. speaking of ex-treatment comments
why are you demonizing us. we need someone who believes in america. >> cenk: you see, that was the whole point. no one was demonizing anybody. president obama was saying we work together to build things, and sometimes to rebuild things. and that is in fact exactly what happens after storms. after hurricane katrina it was $113 billion of federal money that went down there to rebuild that area. there is a ratio that the government spends arch these disasters. it's 75% after the state and...
259
259
Nov 3, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 259
favorite 0
quote 0
, and barack obama did use affirmative action to be educated. do you think there is any racial business here. i'm not saying anything in in the at the othertive. did the presidents come up the same way. >> no if mike huckabee supports you is there racism. >> i didn't say racism. i said racial connection. >> i know what you're trying to say but its disrespectful. it's disrespectful to journal powell and to the president. you cannot take such a pedigree and dilute it to pigmentation. >> you don't think shared experience enters into-- >> you're telling me that if president obama had not done a good job that colin powell, general powell would have supported president obama regardless absolutely not. >> i'm saying he might be cutting him a little more slack. >> you can paint it how you want to but i don't agree with you. >> i ask a provocative question, which is what i do here. >> cenk: just ask an asinine question. >> i love his euphemism there a shared experience. >> cenk: there is truth to some degree. not in what colin powell has done, but how bi
, and barack obama did use affirmative action to be educated. do you think there is any racial business here. i'm not saying anything in in the at the othertive. did the presidents come up the same way. >> no if mike huckabee supports you is there racism. >> i didn't say racism. i said racial connection. >> i know what you're trying to say but its disrespectful. it's disrespectful to journal powell and to the president. you cannot take such a pedigree and dilute it to...
106
106
Nov 22, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 106
favorite 0
quote 0
giving to us. first explain why we have had stability and why that will change? >> well, the second nuclear age is the spread of nuclear weapons that had nothing to do with the cold war. one of the sources of stability back then was they only had two nuclear countries. both of them were conservative on anything that came to nuclear weapons. also you didn't have this mass hysteria in the street that we see often in certain parts of the world like south asia and the middle east. if you look back at the cuban missile crisis, you didn't find a million people demanding. now in the street, the emotions, the a hysteria of society can leap right up and influence what happens in the crisis. >> eliot: it sound to me two dimensional can be understood. we're now in the world of three- and 4-dimensions, and in the cuban crisis, the closest we came to an actual confrontation you argue decisions were made by reasonably conservative individuals, and you don't think in pakistan, india and other nations that will so
giving to us. first explain why we have had stability and why that will change? >> well, the second nuclear age is the spread of nuclear weapons that had nothing to do with the cold war. one of the sources of stability back then was they only had two nuclear countries. both of them were conservative on anything that came to nuclear weapons. also you didn't have this mass hysteria in the street that we see often in certain parts of the world like south asia and the middle east. if you look...
106
106
Nov 15, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 106
favorite 0
quote 0
there is no legitimate use for this. if you're a hunter, do you use this stuff? what the hell do you use this for? again explain it to me because i don't own guns. what in the world would you shoot with these things. investment? go get some stocks. >> yeah, well, if these guns are outlawed the price doubles and we can't get any more. but the people who buy them will be grandfathered. they'll be able to keep them and sell them to other people. but the dealers won't be able to get them any more. people don't go hunting with these, but they're fun. i have five rifle ranges out here. if it's daytime i would go out and show you how much fun it is to shoot these. it's a lot of fun. >> cenk: i've done it. i've gone to a gun range and i've shot an automatic gun and yes, i get the thrill of it. etc. but what is not fun is when people use them the wrong ways, which happens almost on a weekly basis in america. are you comfortable with your community having all of this--swimming in all these guns? >> well, in colorado everything is legal with the right paperwork. 20 miles fr
there is no legitimate use for this. if you're a hunter, do you use this stuff? what the hell do you use this for? again explain it to me because i don't own guns. what in the world would you shoot with these things. investment? go get some stocks. >> yeah, well, if these guns are outlawed the price doubles and we can't get any more. but the people who buy them will be grandfathered. they'll be able to keep them and sell them to other people. but the dealers won't be able to get them any...
200
200
Nov 27, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 200
favorite 0
quote 0
>> you keep us afloat. >> so bite me! >> there are so many people depending on you. >> i said that in the most subservient way possible. kids carbon night, we tell you about it all the time, i have reams, i would say reams. >> reams. >> of thank you letters all encased in carbonnite. they had the power outage, virus, whatever it is, flood. >> flood. >> leak, chardonnay leak in my case on my laptop and poof, there goes your laptop, your whatever. you don't want to lose everything in there. think about all the stuff in your computer you use to run your life, your work stuff family photos, music all of that. >> music collections can run over $1,000. imagine that if you had a hard drive crash. >> right. >> gone. >> right gone, poof, set up carbonnite and you'll have time to do what you want, because apparently people have family and kids and bake things for men. anyway my point is for $59 a year, you can get unlimited back up for your computer. >> you can get up early to bake an omelet. >> back up your files also, check it ou
>> you keep us afloat. >> so bite me! >> there are so many people depending on you. >> i said that in the most subservient way possible. kids carbon night, we tell you about it all the time, i have reams, i would say reams. >> reams. >> of thank you letters all encased in carbonnite. they had the power outage, virus, whatever it is, flood. >> flood. >> leak, chardonnay leak in my case on my laptop and poof, there goes your laptop, your whatever....
178
178
Nov 3, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 178
favorite 0
quote 0
which brings us to our number of the day. 26.2. that's the length of the marathon that will not be run by nearly 50,000 people sunday. after some argument, the annual new york city marathon has been called off. we're still too close to the tragedy of hurricane sandy and the ongoing clean this, hurricane fatalities are still turning up in staten island where the marathon would have started. and power generators, fresh water, and other resources brought in for runners are desperately needed by those who are still without shelter. staten island hilton garden inn already said they weren't going to kick out displaced residents in the hotel just to honor reservations for the marathon. then there is personnel. the marathon usually requires more than a thousand police officers to man the route. but all the emergency workers prison, fire emts have been working tirelessly all week. the police have even asked pore help from department >> eliot: with three days to go in what has been a year-long marathon, president obama and mitt romney are ru
which brings us to our number of the day. 26.2. that's the length of the marathon that will not be run by nearly 50,000 people sunday. after some argument, the annual new york city marathon has been called off. we're still too close to the tragedy of hurricane sandy and the ongoing clean this, hurricane fatalities are still turning up in staten island where the marathon would have started. and power generators, fresh water, and other resources brought in for runners are desperately needed by...
257
257
Nov 8, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 257
favorite 0
quote 0
arkansas rejected medical use and montana upheld strict medical and washington approved recreation use even though they have medical marijuana. >> i think we can set--we can model for the rest of the nation that marijuana is safer when it's off the streets and behind the counter. that you can treat it like you treat alcohol and the sky is not going to fall. in arkansas and oregon, both of those measures were very close to passing and we see no matter where we're talking about we see people generally coming to understand that at the rate of 80% the medical marijuana belongs in our states, and folks should have the right to use it. >> right. >> and well over 50% of americans believe we should be regulating marijuana. >> cenk: in a matter of time. time is on our side. i believe the time is 4:20. okay, betty aldworth, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. now when we return. >> thank you. it was fun. >> cenk: it was fun. >> cenk: when we return, talking about fun the elbows of the day. we've had a lot of them today and i can't wait to unleash them. wait until you find out who they la
arkansas rejected medical use and montana upheld strict medical and washington approved recreation use even though they have medical marijuana. >> i think we can set--we can model for the rest of the nation that marijuana is safer when it's off the streets and behind the counter. that you can treat it like you treat alcohol and the sky is not going to fall. in arkansas and oregon, both of those measures were very close to passing and we see no matter where we're talking about we see...
159
159
Nov 16, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 159
favorite 0
quote 0
thanks for joining us here in "the war room." make sure to watch us tomorrow night. you have a great night. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. this is "viewpoint." the holiday season is just around the corner and mitt romney must be feeling generous. having lost his race for the presidency romney may be leaving politics but not before leaving behind a present the democrats may enjoy for years to come. in a conversation with donors and fund-raisers wednesday romney blamed his defeat on "gifts" president obama gave to key democratic constituencies including young people, african-americans and hispanics. >> romney: what the president -- the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition. give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government. and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. >> eliot: romney claimed the president wooed young voters with free contraceptives and forgiveness of college loans. for hispanic voters, something special. >> romney: what the president did is he gave them two things. one, he gave t
thanks for joining us here in "the war room." make sure to watch us tomorrow night. you have a great night. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. this is "viewpoint." the holiday season is just around the corner and mitt romney must be feeling generous. having lost his race for the presidency romney may be leaving politics but not before leaving behind a present the democrats may enjoy for years to come. in a conversation with donors and fund-raisers wednesday...
148
148
Nov 3, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
sheetal, thanks for joining us. >> hi. >> jennifer: tell us a little bit what you're seeing on the ground. first of all how important is colorado to the obama and romney campaigns, can you tell from being there? >> yes absolutely. you can tell that both the obama and romney campaigns are just pouring money into this state. every time you turn on the radio, you hear one of their voices. every time you turn on a television, there is an ad. it's insane. there are signs everywhere, and people are energic and excited about the campaigns. >> jennifer: are the folks that you're meeting are they aware of how special they are how vital their votes are and that their votes count for thousands of others? >> in south colorado, you can tell representative gutierrez said look, obama sent me here for a reason. he didn't send me here to talk and hang out but because you're going to determine the outcome of this campaign, and colorado voters know that. >> jennifer: do you have a sense right now that they feel a difference in the president in in 2008? >> from the voters that i talked to it seems that their
sheetal, thanks for joining us. >> hi. >> jennifer: tell us a little bit what you're seeing on the ground. first of all how important is colorado to the obama and romney campaigns, can you tell from being there? >> yes absolutely. you can tell that both the obama and romney campaigns are just pouring money into this state. every time you turn on the radio, you hear one of their voices. every time you turn on a television, there is an ad. it's insane. there are signs...